Quote#Money & Wealth
No royal palace was prepared for him
Quote byJohn Stanyan Bigg · 1828–1865
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ode to the Centenary of Burns (1858).
English (original)
No royal palace was prepared for him; No silken courtiers slid from room to room, Gathering together in the gorgeous gloom Of purple hangings, drooping rich and dim;
— John Stanyan Bigg
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